1987 BC Lions season

1987 BC Lions season
General manager	Joe Galat
Head coach	Don Matthews Larry Donovan (Interim)
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Uniform

The 1987 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Thu, June 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 14–35	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	19,730
B	Tue, June 16	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–15	1–1	BC Place	28,384

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	502	370	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	617	462	22
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	453	517	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	364	529	11

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Sun, June 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 44–1	1–0	BC Place	30,157
2	2	Wed, July 1	at Calgary Stampeders	W 40–15	2–0	McMahon Stadium	22,239
3	Bye
4	3	Sat, July 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 26–18	3–0	BC Place	43,772
5	4	Sat, July 25	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 21–1	4–0	BC Place	33,771
6	5	Fri, July 31	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–21	4–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18,088
7	6	Sat, Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–30	4–2	Winnipeg Stadium	29,296
8	7	Thu, Aug 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 30–23	5–2	BC Place	37,843
9	8	Thu, Aug 20	at Calgary Stampeders	L 26–31	5–3	McMahon Stadium	24,377
10	9	Sun, Aug 30	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 24–23	6–3	BC Place	38,338
11	Bye
12	10	Fri, Sept 11	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 55–16	7–3	Lansdowne Park	19,201
13	11	Sun, Sept 20	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 30–20	8–3	BC Place	39,859
14	12	Sun, Sept 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 20–35	8–4	Taylor Field	24,682
15	13	Sun, Oct 4	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–33	8–5	Exhibition Stadium	26,232
16	14	Sun, Oct 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 6–34	8–6	BC Place	31,244
17	15	Sat, Oct 17	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–11	9–6	BC Place	34,909
18	16	Sun, Oct 25	at Calgary Stampeders	W 32–12	10–6	McMahon Stadium	25,233
19	17	Sun, Nov 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 33–32	11–6	Commonwealth Stadium	40,414
20	18	Sun, Nov 8	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 34–14	12–6	BC Place	38,370

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Stumon (DE)

1987 CFL All-Stars

• WR – Jim Sandusky, CFL All-Star
• DE – Greg Stumon, CFL All-Star
• LB – Kevin Konar, CFL All-Star
• DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	14	7	3	7	31
BC Lions	3	4	0	0	7